This program includes five weeks of classroom instruction and stimulating activities led by an experienced teacher, engaging materials that provide instruction at home between the weekly lessons, and independent reading in some of the most enjoyable books ever written.

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Privacy Policy

This webpage contains the privacy policy governing the use of information gathered on this website.

Visitors to this website are not anonymous: the web server automatically receives and
records each visitor's IP address when he or she visits the website. Additional
information may be collected from registrants' and employment applicants' computers
and browsers, including cookie information, software and hardware attributes, e-mail
addresses, aggregate information on what pages on the site registrants access or visit,
user-specific information on what pages on the site registrants access or visit, and
information volunteered by registrants and employment applicants. For example,
when an individual registers with and/or enrolls in a course through the website, the
registrant may provide such information as name, address, telephone number, fax
number, and/or payment information (e.g., credit card number and billing address).

Information collected is used to deliver services more efficiently, to improve
the content of the website, to customize the content and/or layout of web pages for
returning visitors, to notify registrants about updates to the website, to contact
registrants for marketing purposes, to verify or enforce compliance with the policies
governing the website and applicable laws, and to protect against misuse or
unauthorized use of the website.

Visitors', registrants' and applicants' personal information is protected by physical,
electronic, and procedural safeguards. Personal information is not rented, sold, or
shared with people or non-affiliated companies other than as requested by registrants
or applicants, or under the following circumstances:

Information may be shared with trusted institutional partners, agents or
contractors who assist in providing support for internal operations (under
confidentiality agreements).

Information may be shared in response to subpoenas, court orders, or legal
process, or to establish or exercise legal rights or defend against legal claims.

Information may be shared in order to investigate, prevent, or take action
regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential
threats to the physical safety of any person, or as otherwise required by law.

With respect to security: When certain types of sensitive information, such as
financial information, are to be transferred or received, visitors are redirected to a
secure server and notified through an on-screen message on the site.

Visitors supplying an e-mail address, postal address and/or telephone number may
receive periodic e-mails, mailings, and/or telephone calls with information on new
products and services or upcoming events. If you do not wish to receive such contacts,
please contact the Institute.

Visitors' information may be used for new, unanticipated uses not previously
disclosed in this privacy policy. If the information practices governing this website
change significantly at some time in the future, policy changes will be posted to this
webpage. Visitors may prevent their information from being used for purposes other
than those for which it was originally collected by contacting the Institute.

This website is maintained by the Institute of Reading Development. If you have
questions about this policy, wish to be removed from our mailing list, or feel that this
site is not following its stated information policy, please call (800) 964-8888 or send
an e-mail to contactus@readingprograms.org.